Machine-readable data medium having interactive reproduction procedures with menu restoration after branching, a reproduction apparatus and method of restoring a menu

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PATENT NO 6285823
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09412271

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A multimedia optical disc comprising a data area for storing at least one object that has sub-picture data and moving picture data, wherein the data area includes a plurality of small areas, each of which includes a first sub-area and a second sub-area, with the object in the data area being storeed over consecutive small areas; the first sub-area stores the moving picture data having a certain time period and the sub-picture data being reproduced at the same timing as the moving picture data, the sub-picture data being a menu image which, includes a plurality of buttons for showing menu items for display; and the second sub-area stores control information including button control data for responding to a user's operation applied onto a menu image reproduced in the first sub-area in the same small area and auxiliary control data for substituting the user's operation applied onto the menu.

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MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTDJAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kozuka, Masayuki Neyagawa, JP 400 10892
Murase, Kaoru Nara-ken, JP 155 4685
Saeki, Shinichi Sakai, JP 79 2852
Tsuga, Kazuhiro Takarazuka, JP 133 6600
Yamauchi, Kazuhiko Neyagawa, JP 66 3265

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